EUMETSAT’s Mission Control Centre has officially taken the reins of the Metop Second Generation A1 (Metop-SGA1) satellite, following the successful completion of the spacecraft’s launch and early operations phase (LEOP). […]
LEO Missions
Impulse Space has upgraded their Mira space vehicle
Impulse Space earlier this month upgraded Mira—the company’s high-thrust, highly maneuverable spacecraft for payload hosting and deployment that already has two successful missions. Mira has showcased responsive, record-setting maneuverability in […]
Launch Update: Italy ‘s IRIDE program launches their 1st Argotec-developed satellite constellation
Seven satellites developed by Argotec have been launched for the Italian Earth observation mission, IRIDE. The satellites form part of the Hawk for Earth Observation (HEO) constellation, which carries multispectral […]
KONGSBERG launches new satellites to complete N3X space constellation
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (’KONGSBERG’) has completed the N3X satellite constellation with the successful launch of two new microsatellites—ARVAKER 2 and 3—aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-14 mission from California—the N3X satellite constellation […]
GHGSat adds to their constellation with the launch of two new satellites
GHGSat has successfully launched two new satellites—Pierre (C-12) and Valmay (C-13), pictured above—aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-14 rideshare mission, with the company now reaching a total of 14 launched satellites. The satellites […]
Anywaves reports the successful deployment of a commercial reflectarray in orbit
Anywaves has marked a significant milestone by becoming the first commercial equipment provider to deploy a Reflectarray in orbit—this achievement follows the company’ earlier selection by CNES to demonstrate the […]
Rivada expands Outernet access to 33 countries + secures $16 billion+ in global business
Rivada Space Networks has secured market access to its Outernet constellation in 33 countries and every continent, with Belgium, the Czech Republic, Sweden, and Costa Rica among the latest nations […]
Eascra Biotech receives U.S. National Science Foundation grant for R&D in LEO
Eascra Biotech has been awarded a U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant for $274,990 to conduct research and development (R&D) to advance drug delivery systems capable […]
ISRO: SPADEX mission—successful demo of 2nd docking + power transfer
On April 20th, the ISRO successfully demo’d the docking of the SpaDex satellites (SDX 01 & SDX 02) . Subsequently, power transfer from SDX 02 to SDX 01 satellite, and […]
Creotech Instruments secures a 52 million euros contract with ESA for the CAMILA constellation
Creotech Instruments SA has signed the largest contract with the European Space Agency (ESA), a landmark 52 million euros contract for the CAMILA (Country Awareness Mission in Land Analysis) satellite […]